Looking back: Dec. 14

Associated Press

December 11, 2015

1985: Former New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris, who'd hit 61 home runs during the 1961 season, died in Houston at age 51.

2012: A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then committed suicide as police arrived. The shooter, Adam Lanza, also fatally shot his mother.

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